FOSHEE v. TORCH OPERATING CO.

No. 99-1863.

763 So.2d 82 (2000)

John FOSHEE and Dorothy Foshee v. TORCH OPERATING COMPANY and Lafayette Well Testing, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Terrance Hoychick, Young, Hoychick & Aguillard, Eunice, LA, Edward F. Bass, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Robert M. Kallam, Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee—Lafayette Well Testing, Inc.

Ian A. MacDonald, Perret, Doise, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee—Torch Operating Company.

Joseph B. Guilbeau, Joni A. Johnson, Juge, Napolitano, Guilbeau & Ruli, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Intervenor—Halliburton Energy Services.

(Court composed of Chief Judge NED E. DOUCET, Jr., Judge SYLVIA R. COOKS and Judge MARC T. AMY).


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff filed suit alleging injury as the result of an oilfield accident. A jury found that both the plaintiff and one of the defendant oilfield companies were legal causes of the accident. Seventy-five percent of the liability was apportioned to the plaintiff and the remaining twenty-five to the defendant oilfield company. Furthermore, the plaintiff was found to be the borrowed servant of the defendant who was found to be partially at fault. Although...

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